Hey!
On Monday night I was playing fetch with Rexy in the living room. She would chase down her little soccer ball with strings, attack it, then bring it back to me running full tilt with a lunge into me at the end. She was doing great, but I got bored so I figured I would add a little bit to the mix. I threw her yellow tennis ball one while she was running back to me and all of a sudden, a dead stop. She stood there staring at it, not knowing which one to get. She ran back over and tried to get both, unsuccessfully. After about 10 minutes I increased it to 3 toys.....hhhmmmm. She would stand there for 5 minutes strait, start bringing one back, turn around get a different one, turn around, and so on. It was really interesting to watch her think about this. It was probably the biggest decision of her little life!
So it kind of got me thinking and how I am in the exact same boat with triathlon and powerlifting. I go really hard at one, then fall off track, switch, go hard with the other, then switch back. Just like Rexy, I can't juggle two at once and I know that, but how and when do I choose which one to train for at that time. I love lifting, and I am starting to enjoy triathlon the better I get at it. How can I take a bite at both? I want to squat 4 plates, but I also want to win my super sprint triathlon. Thanks Rexy, you really made me ponder!
In other news training, for both, is going pretty good. By pretty good, I mean I am getting back at it, regularly. On Monday, I had a solid night of squatting, Tuesday was bench press, then tonight I got to the pool for a long swim. I actually did 2,000 m tonight! The distance of a Half Ironman! I told coach Greg I would do 1500 for the first time (Olympic distance triathlon) but things were going well so I finished the Half Iron distance. My Olympic time was 36 m 04 s, and my Half Iron time was 48m 51 s. Yes folks, I swam for almost 50 minutes non-stop! What a difference from the 25 meters I could only do before!!! My shoulders are pretty dead though, maybe from benching or from swimming, I don't know! Maybe both!
Leslie just dumped Rexy on me to watch, gotta go!
Grizz!
On Monday night I was playing fetch with Rexy in the living room. She would chase down her little soccer ball with strings, attack it, then bring it back to me running full tilt with a lunge into me at the end. She was doing great, but I got bored so I figured I would add a little bit to the mix. I threw her yellow tennis ball one while she was running back to me and all of a sudden, a dead stop. She stood there staring at it, not knowing which one to get. She ran back over and tried to get both, unsuccessfully. After about 10 minutes I increased it to 3 toys.....hhhmmmm. She would stand there for 5 minutes strait, start bringing one back, turn around get a different one, turn around, and so on. It was really interesting to watch her think about this. It was probably the biggest decision of her little life!
So it kind of got me thinking and how I am in the exact same boat with triathlon and powerlifting. I go really hard at one, then fall off track, switch, go hard with the other, then switch back. Just like Rexy, I can't juggle two at once and I know that, but how and when do I choose which one to train for at that time. I love lifting, and I am starting to enjoy triathlon the better I get at it. How can I take a bite at both? I want to squat 4 plates, but I also want to win my super sprint triathlon. Thanks Rexy, you really made me ponder!
In other news training, for both, is going pretty good. By pretty good, I mean I am getting back at it, regularly. On Monday, I had a solid night of squatting, Tuesday was bench press, then tonight I got to the pool for a long swim. I actually did 2,000 m tonight! The distance of a Half Ironman! I told coach Greg I would do 1500 for the first time (Olympic distance triathlon) but things were going well so I finished the Half Iron distance. My Olympic time was 36 m 04 s, and my Half Iron time was 48m 51 s. Yes folks, I swam for almost 50 minutes non-stop! What a difference from the 25 meters I could only do before!!! My shoulders are pretty dead though, maybe from benching or from swimming, I don't know! Maybe both!
Leslie just dumped Rexy on me to watch, gotta go!
Grizz!
2 comments:
Awesome job!!! Bring on the Ironman-distance swim next week!!! :)
Congrats on the awesome swim training! Hope to see you doing an Olympic distance race next summer!
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